March 27, 2017 Open Thread; International Whiskey Day

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 5:00am

March 27 is the 86th day of the year. There are 279 days left.

Today's number is 27

27 is a perfect cube, 3^3.
27 is the atomic number of cobalt.
27 is the weight of the only stable isotope of aluminum.
The A-27 was a WWII American attack aircraft
27 is the number of bones in the human hand.[6]
27 is the average crowd funded contribution to Bernie Sanders.
I-27 is an Interstate Highway, entirely within Texas, from Lubbock to Amarillo. Interstate, hello?
27 is self locating in pi. (Counting up from zero, the 27th & 28th digits after the decimal are 27.)

Title 27 of the US Code is INTOXICATING LIQUORS.

27 BCE
was the Year of the Second Consulship of Octavian and Agrippa
Octavian returned full power to the Senate which, in exchange, granted him the titles of Princeps and Augustus. As Augustus, he bacame the first Roman Emperor.
Emperor Ai of Han, was born
Marcus Terentius Varro died.

27 CE
was the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Frugi
Apricots were transported from Asia to Rome
Petronius was born

On this day in:
1794 -- The US established a permanent navy
1836 -- The Mexican army massacred 342 POWs at Goliad, Texas.
1886 -- Geronimo surrendered
1915 -- Typhoid Mary was quarantined
1964 -- The Good Friday earthquake hit Alaska (9.2 richter)
1975 -- The started building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
1980 -- A panic in commodity and futures exchanges when the Hunts tried to corner the market in Ag
1981 -- Solidarity staged a "warning strike"
1990 -- The US Started broadcasting TV Marti propaganda
1998 -- The FDA approved Viagra !!!!!!!

Born this day in:

1724 -- Jane Colden, botanist
1809 -- Georges-Eugene Haussmann, engineer commissioned to rennovate Paris
1820 -- Edward Augustus Inglefield, explorer
1844 -- Adolphus Greely, explorer
1845 -- Wilhelm Roentgen, physicist, discovered X-rays, won first Physics Nobel Prize
1847 -- Otto Wallach, chemist, terpene maven
1851 -- Ruperto Chapi, composer
1851 -- Vincent d'Indy, composer
1868 -- Patty Hill, birthday girl
1886 -- Sergey Kirov, bolshie
1886 -- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect
1901 -- Carl Barks, the duck man
1905 -- Leroy Carr, singer, pianist, & songwriter
1906 -- Pee Wee Russell, composer; clarinet & sax player
1909 -- Ben Webster, saxophonist
1915 -- Robert Lockwood, Jr., guitarist
1921 -- Phil Chess, record producer
1924 -- Sarah Vaughan, singer
1932 -- Junior Parker, singer and harmonica player
1950 -- Tony Banks, keyboard player and songwriter for Genesis
1959 -- Andrew Farriss, rock musician and multi-instrumentalist
1970 -- Mariah Carey, singer & songwriter
1975 -- Fergie, singer, dnacer, songwriter, & pea

Died this day in:

1923 -- James Dewar, physicist & chemist
1925 -- Carl Neumann, mathematician
1968 -- Yuri Gagarin, pilot & astronaut
1977 -- Shirley Graham Du Bois, activist, author, composer & playwright

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
International Whiskey Day
World Theatre Day

Whiskey? Whiskey? Say what?

So, for music 
Ruperto Chapi
Vincent d'Indy
Leroy Carr
Pee Wee Russell
Ben Webster
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Phil Chess
Sarah Vaughan
Junior Parker
Tony Banks,
Andrew Farriss
Mariah Carey
Fergie, singer

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Ruperto Chapi

Vincent d'Indy

Leroy Carr

Pee Wee Russell

Ben Webster

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Phil Chess collected, recorded and produced artists, like Robert Lockwood Jr., Muddy Waters and ...

Sarah Vaughan

Junior Parker

Tony Banks,

Andrew Farriss

Mariah Carey

Fergie

OK, what's on your minds?

Bonus: some Chess

Tags:

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Ostara

Mabon

Equinox

Vera Lynn

Carl Palmer

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Henrik Ibsen

Larry Elgart

Whiskey

Vote

Comments

Submitted by Raggedy Ann on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 5:35am

Died on this day

1987 - my beloved husband.

Good morning, el ~ have a beautiful day, folks.

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

Submitted by riverlover on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 6:38am

Condolences. But you found another?

@Raggedy Ann I don't think I will ever. And first one excelled in several things, relationships not being one. Happy Monday! I am going to get my hair washed and cut short again.

Snow is still melting, none in forecast.

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Submitted by HenryAWallace on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 6:42am

How's the foot today?

@riverlover

Spring is a good time to change your look. Hope you like the cut.

Submitted by Raggedy Ann on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 12:50pm

Yes, RL,

@riverlover
I found another. Life hands us many challenges. I've had three.

Hope your foot is feeling better!

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

Submitted by HenryAWallace on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 6:40am

I am so sorry!

@Raggedy Ann

Submitted by Raggedy Ann on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 4:34pm

Thank you, HW.

@HenryAWallace
It stays in the memory forever, because it happened to you. Every time you acknowledge it, it aids in the healing.

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

Submitted by HenryAWallace on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 2:24am

Yes, it stays with you.

@Raggedy Ann

Submitted by riverlover on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 6:29pm

July 12th, 2010

@HenryAWallace Our anniversary would have been on Bastille Day.I did not get him a present that year.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 10:28am

RA - Have a beautiful day yourself.

@Raggedy Ann
You have my condolences regarding the anniversary, but try to enjoy the day regardless.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by Lookout on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 8:46am

Good morning everyone

Hope you're having a lovely spring day wherever you are.

Anybody involved with indivisible? https://www.indivisibleguide.com/

I like the idea of uniting folks but I wish they had goals other than to just get rid of T-rump. You know like: the fight for 15, single payer, stop all the wars, leave it in the ground, no pipelines, free college tuition, and so on.

Resist is a good message, but you also need to advocate for something (in my view).

Have a good day all.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 10:37am

Lookout - IIRC, Indivisible is a bunch of Dems, a party

@Lookout
which just held a big conclave for the purpose of figuring out their fundraising ~~scams~~ tactics for the period up through the mid-terms. They do have goals, just not the kind you envision, theirs appear to be about finances, money, lucre and donations, to name a few.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by Lookout on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 1:52pm

That was my take...

@enhydra lutris

Nice to hear it confirmed.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Submitted by Ellen North on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 5:19pm

@Lookout

@Lookout

Well, the corporate Dems have all that experience in resisting the public good and tons of experience in collecting money for doing that, so of course that's what springs to mind...

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Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.

A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.

Submitted by eyo on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 9:17am

Global nuclear weapons ban talks begin

UN to kick off talks on global nuclear weapons ban

UNITED NATIONS: More than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban on Monday over objections from the major nuclear powers.

Some 123 UN members announced in October that they would launch the UN conference to negotiate a legally binding nuclear ban treaty, even as most of the world’s declared and undeclared nuclear powers voted against the talks.

Britain, France, Israel, Russia and the United States voted no, while China, India and Pakistan abstained.

Peace & Love, except those eight, I don't know what they're feeling except fear of each other. ~shrug~ What a way to live.
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Defying man and nature, the sea otters of Morro Bay have made a comeback
Welcome back! I remember swimming with sea otters during SCUBA certification in Monterey Bay, amazing creatures. Thanks a lot for hosting and posting great essays enhydra lutris. Thanks.

... They are a familiar sight to locals in one of California's last working-class beach towns, where Central Valley families go for the weekend and fishermen and restaurant workers live on boats and in trailer parks.

Rory Kremer, a deep-voiced, deadpan fisherman, doesn't sigh like a tourist over the whiskered, furry mammals.

“They’re tough critters. They’re mean. They have retractable claws like cats and a jaw like a dog. A 600-pound sea lion will go around an otter. The Salinan Indians called them the bears of the sea,” he said. “But, yeah, the babies are cute I suppose.”

Hey Bernie? How do you get out of a donkey? Same way you get out of an elephant, you run 'round and 'round until you get pooped out. C'mon man do us a solid.

Joke bombers for PEACE

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 10:32am

Thanks. I was just down at Morro Bay and got some

@eyo
otter pics that I expect to be pretty good - they're on my phone somewhere because I stupidly didn't bring my camera along on a trip to the fish market (got fresh black-gill to cook back at camp).

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by Ellen North on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 5:27pm

@eyo

@eyo

... Britain, France, Israel, Russia and the United States voted no, while China, India and Pakistan abstained. ...

Well, certainly at least Israel, and the United States want everyone else to get rid of theirs so that they can nuke everyone else with impunity - I seriously can't blame everyone else for not wanting to dispose of their only deterrent/retaliation. Especially Russia, China, India and Pakistan who've been on the target list for some time.

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Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.

A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.

Submitted by lotlizard on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 10:29pm

Of course all the U.S. satellite countries, I mean NATO members,

@eyo did what Washington demanded they do, and went along with the U.S. in voting No.

There was only one exception, the Netherlands, who abstained.

https://www.taz.de/%215346197/

Neben Deutschland folgten auch fast alle anderen 26 Nato-Mitglieder der dringenden Aufforderung der USA, die Resolution abzulehnen. Lediglich die Niederlande enthielten sich.

Submitted by eyo on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 10:50am

New hobby in Syria, Baath party comes out of retirement

From syriadirect.com: Out of retirement and manning a checkpoint, SAA Fifth Corps volunteer: ‘It’s better than sitting at home’

In Syria, as in much of the rest of the world, many retirees take up new hobbies or jobs to occupy their free time.

But when Abu Jamal, a 57-year-old Damascus resident, found himself bored and listless, sitting at home two years after retiring from his job in customs on the border between Syria and Lebanon, he decided to volunteer for the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).

“I didn’t have anything to do,” Abu Jamal tells Syria Direct’s Mohammed al-Haj Ali. “So I said to myself, why not join the army and defend my country, rather than sitting at home?”

That was three months ago. Now, he works at a checkpoint in the capital and oversees the conscripted soldiers there.

Abu Jamal joined the Baath Brigade, a unit made up of Baath party members within the SAA’s Fifth Assault Corps. The General Command of the Syrian Army announced the formation of the Fifth Corps in November 2016, as the first official volunteer-based military force. Those who join receive a monthly salary, and deserters who join receive amnesty.

I forget which side I'm supposed to be on, is the U.S. government bombing him or funding him?
Baath party soldiers salute
Peace & Love

Submitted by ggersh on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 11:16am

What could work here if we get together

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/03/a-more-equitable-economy-exists-r...

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw]

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

Submitted by eyo on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 11:53am

Quebec is a Constitutional Monarchy

@ggersh thanks that made me look up their government on the wiki:

The government of Quebec takes the majority of its revenue through a progressive income tax, a 9.975% sales tax and various other taxes (such as carbon, corporate and capital gains taxes), equalization payments from the federal government, transfer payments from other provinces and direct payments. By some measures Quebec is the highest taxed province; a 2012 study indicated that "Quebec companies pay 26 per cent more in taxes than the Canadian average". A 2014 report by the Fraser Institute indicated that "Relative to its size, Quebec is the most indebted province in Canada by a wide margin".

Huh! Again, taxes pay for civil society. Less is not more, unless you already have it all. They are not that different, with their IT sector, mining, forest products, agri-food, etc.. But they have tons of cooperatives, that is cool. Thanks.

Submitted by ggersh on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 4:04pm

My pleasure!!

@eyo Pretty cool, if only it was in the Caribbean.

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

Submitted by eyo on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 11:24am

Tennessee Whiskey, I'd drink Dickel Old No. 8

Can't drink at all now, but remember the barrel smell of it was good. Kinda oak-ey. The higher proof stuff was like paint remover. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dickel

Reuters via BBC: Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner to lead US federal overhaul

Mr Kushner told the newspaper that the "government should be run like a great American company".

"Our hope is that we can achieve successes and efficiencies for our customers, who are the citizens," he added.

Technology and data are expected to be a key area, with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said to be working with the White House.

BOHICA, or gbcw. I'm pretty pretty sure U.S. oligarchy is not out to save the planet at this point, much less Great America. Good luck.

Namaste

Submitted by UntimelyRippd on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 11:58am

thanks to you, what's on my mind is whisky.

sans "e", thank you very much. (I will note that the organizers spell it "whisk(e)y", adding the parenthetical "e" so as to create a spirit -- ahem -- of inclusiveness, lest those of a certain nationality get their ... er ... nationality up.)

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The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 1:05pm

Well, auld school has the 'e' elsewhere: usquebaugh

@UntimelyRippd

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by EdMass on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 1:37pm

TK U. Way too much work.

A pint of Jim Beam and you're good to go.

She was surprised to find that my Jim Beam was just as hard as my Canadian Club

Heh!

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Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!

Firesign Theater

Stop the War!

Submitted by Arrow on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 1:47pm

A nice tweet

I found this funny/ironic...

When DC Comics made Lex Luthor president, he sold LexCorp. Trump is literally less ethical than a comic book villain.

— Andrew Berkshire (@AndrewBerkshire) March 27, 2017

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I want a Pony!

Submitted by Wink on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 6:13pm

Big fan of Tony

Banks, Genesis! "Whiskey in the Jar" (Metallica) is one of my "closing tunes" for my dj sets. Tony would sometimes complain that Peter's (Gabriel) lyrics trampled on his solos. Here's one of those...
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8rRH4aRx2c] "Get off my solo, Pete!"

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